Historical population of Poznan
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The following table contains information on the historical population of the city of Poznań
in western Poland.
For details of the historical developments, see History of Poznań
.
The above figures do not include a significant number of students (approximately 60,000) resident temporarily in Poznań during the academic year.
Poznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
in western Poland.
For details of the historical developments, see History of Poznań
History of Poznan
Poznań, today Poland's fifth largest city, is also one of the country's oldest cities, and was an important political and religious center in the early Polish state of the 10th century...
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In early Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| c. 1250 | 2,000–3,000 inhabitants |
| c. 1350 | about 4,000 inhabitants |
| c. 1600 | about 20,000 inhabitants in the whole conurbation (8,000 within the city walls, 8,000–9,000 in the left-bank suburbs, 3,000–3,500 on the right bank) |
| c. 1650 | about 14,000 inhabitants (after the Second Northern War Second Northern War The Second Northern War was fought between Sweden and its adversaries the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth , Russia , Brandenburg-Prussia , the Habsburg Monarchy and Denmark–Norway... of 1655-57: settlement of 200-300 Scots Scottish people The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,... ) |
| c. 1700 | about 12,000 inhabitants (continuing decline in population due to wars, floods and plague) |
| 1732 | 4,000 inhabitants (according to notes of town scribe Jan Rzepecki ) |
| 1733 | 6,000 inhabitants |
Under Prussian |
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| 1794 | 12,538 inhabitants (census data); the population at this time was about 20% Jewish and 10% German |
| 1796 | 16,124 inhabitants (census data) |
| 1800 | 18,779 inhabitants (census data; 21,473 including the garrison) |
| 1816 | 18,000 inhabitants (67% Poles, 22% Jews and 11% Germans); 24,000 including the garrison |
| 1824 | 22,000 inhabitants |
| 1831 | 31,000 inhabitants |
| 1848 | 42,000 inhabitants (43% Poles, 40% Germans, 17% Jews); 45,000 including the garrison |
| 1850 | 43,000 inhabitants |
| 1860 | 43,000 inhabitants; 49,000 including the garrison |
| 1861 | 51,000 inhabitants |
| 1867 | 47,000 civil inhabitants (47% Poles, 38% Germans, 15% Jews) |
| 1870 | 54,400 inhabitants |
| 1871 | 65,000 inhabitants (including the garrison; in 1885 there were 4,800 soldiers in the garrison) |
| 1890 | 69,627 inhabitants (census data) (51% Poles) |
| 1895 | 73,200 inhabitants |
| 1900 | 110,000 inhabitants (plus 7,000 soldiers in the garrison); from 1896 to 1907 new areas came within the city boundaries, increasing its size from 7.8 to 33.9 square kilometres |
| 1905 | 136,800 inhabitants |
| 1910 | 156,696 civil inhabitants (census data; 57% Poles), plus 6,200 soldiers in the garrison (rising to 10,000 by 1913) |
| 1917 | 156,357 inhabitants (government data) |
| 1918 | 156,091 inhabitants (government data) |
| In the Second Polish Republic Second Polish Republic The Second Polish Republic, Second Commonwealth of Poland or interwar Poland refers to Poland between the two world wars; a period in Polish history in which Poland was restored as an independent state. Officially known as the Republic of Poland or the Commonwealth of Poland , the Polish state was... |
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| 1919 | 158,185 inhabitants |
| 1920 | 162,902 inhabitants |
| 1921 | 169,422 inhabitants (census data Polish census of 1921 The Polish census of 1921 or First General Census in Poland was the first census in the Second Polish Republic, performed on September 30, 1921 by the Main Bureau of Statistics .... at 30 September; includes 92,089 women) |
| 1922 | 178,229 inhabitants |
| 1923 | 185,521 inhabitants |
| 1924 | 193,228 inhabitants |
| 1925 | 220,023 inhabitants |
| 1926 | 226,828 inhabitants |
| 1927 | 237,048 inhabitants |
| 1928 | 248,426 inhabitants |
| 1929 | 261,597 inhabitants |
| 1930 | 266,742 inhabitants |
| 1931 | 246,698 inhabitants (census data Polish census of 1931 The Polish census of 1931 or Second General Census in Poland was the second census taken in Poland, performed on December 9, 1931 by the Main Bureau of Statistics... at December 9); 236,200 Poles, 6,400 Germans, 1,100 Jews, 200 Ukrainians, 100 Russians, 100 others; 131,929 women |
| 1932 | 248,763 inhabitants |
| 1933 | 252,667 inhabitants |
| 1934 | 255,557 inhabitants |
| 1935 | 260,444 inhabitants |
| 1936 | 265,271 inhabitants |
| 1937 | 268,794 inhabitants |
| 1938 | 272,653 inhabitants |
| June 1, 1939 | 274,155 inhabitants (the true figure was probably up to 10,000 higher) |
| Under Nazi occupation Arthur Greiser Arthur Greiser was a Nazi German politician and SS Obergruppenfuhrer. He was one of the persons primarily responsible for organizing the Holocaust in Poland and numerous other war crimes and crimes against humanity, for which he was tried, convicted and executed by hanging after World War... |
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| September 1, 1940 | 287,862 inhabitants (81% Poles; 18% Germans; 2% others) |
| January 1, 1941 | 296,790 inhabitants (80% Poles; 20% Germans; 1% others) |
| August 1, 1941 | 308,051 inhabitants (77% Poles; 23% Germans; 1% others) |
| February 1, 1942 | 318,208 inhabitants (75% Poles; 25% Germans; 1% others) |
| January 1, 1943 | 326,572 inhabitants (74% Poles; 26% Germans; 1% others) |
| October 1, 1943 | 327,026 inhabitants (73% Poles; 26% Germans; 1% others) |
| April 1, 1944 | 323,747 inhabitants (71% Poles; 28% Germans; 1% others) |
| 1939–1945 | During World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... about 8,600 of the pre-war inhabitants were murdered (inc. about 1,500 Jews); 3,620 were taken to Germany as slave workers (20% of them died); 38,256 inhabitants of Polish nationality were resettled to the General Government General Government The General Government was an area of Second Republic of Poland under Nazi German rule during World War II; designated as a separate region of the Third Reich between 1939–1945... , over 60,000 were deprived of their property and expelled from their homes (Verdrägung, Polish rugi). Approximately 90,000 Germans were settled in the city. In total 14,413 of the pre-war inhabitants died during the war (4,025 as a result of the combat, 2,255 executed, 6,382 died in concentration camps and prisons, 735 died as slave workers in Germany, 1,070 died of disease or starvation). Approximately 2,000 persons are unaccounted for. The area of the city was also significantly increased in 1940–1942, to 226 square kilometeres. |
In the Polish People's Republic |
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| 1946 | 268,000 inhabitants. Following the Jewish Holocaust and the post-war migration and expulsions of Germans from Polish territory, the ethnic composition of the city's population would be almost exclusively Polish. |
| 1950 | 320,700 inhabitants |
| 1960 | 408,100 inhabitants |
| 1970 | 471,900 inhabitants |
| 1975 | 516,000 inhabitants |
| 1980 | 552,900 inhabitants |
| 1988 | 591,300 inhabitants. This is the highest population so far recorded for Poznań (it follows the addition of new areas to the city in 1974 and 1987, bringing its total area to 261.3 square kilometres). Later, migration from the city to surrounding areas would cause the population to fall. |
In the Third Polish Republic |
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| 1990 | 590,049 inhabitants |
| 1995 | 581,772 inhabitants |
| 2000 | 572,900 inhabitants |
| March 31, 2002 | 571,571 inhabitants, according to official records (53% female) |
| May 2002 | 578,900 inhabitants, according to census data (54% female) |
| 2009 | 556,022 inhabitants (statistical office data) |
The above figures do not include a significant number of students (approximately 60,000) resident temporarily in Poznań during the academic year.